Mrs. C.R. Pierce ice skating – Historic Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Mrs. C.R. Pierce ice skating, a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Mrs. C.R. Pierce ice skating
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The caption identifies the skater as Mrs. C.R. Pierce, though that name comes from unverified data on the negative or its caption card, and the record gives no date. The glass negative belongs to the George Grantham Bain Collection, the work of the Bain News Service, a New York agency that supplied news pictures to newspapers in the early twentieth century. Ice skating was a popular winter pastime then, enjoyed on frozen ponds and at outdoor and indoor rinks, so the picture offers a glimpse of everyday leisure in that period. The skater's dress and pose are worth a closer look for what they reveal about the fashions of the time.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch five loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 3,278 × 4,860 px · prints to 11 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-25262 |
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